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Index of Subjects The brook up to the Dish Lakes from White Sand stream is a good one. Part way up there is a fork in the brook - one way goes up to the "Moosehide" or "Moosehead" Lake, depending on who you are talking to; the other goes to the Dish Lakes. There is no carry across to Sporting Lake from the Dish Lakes- we just carried across the rough barrens. At Sporting Lake the others went fishing on the Lake and caught nothing. I fished the brook and had seven or eight trout when I became nervous - it seemed something was watching me from the woods. I went back to the tent and just as the others in the party came to shore a bear screeched in the woods near us, followed by two or three others. Hearing a bear thirty or so feet from you when you are that deep in the woods is something to remember. I grabbed the axe while my father walked over and banged on the bottom of the aluminum canoe. The next time we heard the bear they were way up around the lake, and by that time I was so tired I had a good night's sleep. Roland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul MacDonald" <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Canoe Route > Hi Roland > Is the stream up to Dish Lake good paddling? > And what about the portage is it easy to find? I know > 2 miles - thats not easy but doable if the trail can > be followed. > Sounds like fun - I may try latter on. Prehaps Sept if > there is water. > Do tell us about the bear. I'm sure it is a grand > tale. My great grandfather while in California many > years ago made pocket money telling bear stories at > various places. As there was no bears on PEI where we > lived, we don't know where the stories came from! > Enjoy the spring - bear free! > Paul > > --- Roland McCormick > <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> The last time I was in that area we drove our camper >> back to the dam that >> unites 6th and 5th lake into one, crossed the >> Sissaboo River below the dam, >> and drove about half the way up Sporting Lake stream >> before unloading our >> canoe. We discovered you could either go up SL >> Stream, or you could cross >> the stream and continue on and go up White Sands >> stream. The first time I >> was in that area we came in from Lake Jolly and >> stayed at Watson Peck's camp >> at White Sand Lake. We then came part way down the >> stream and went up >> through the Dish Lakes, and carried about two miles >> across to Sporting Lake. >> We met there what sounded like a mother bear and two >> cubs, but that is >> another story. My brother told me the logging >> companies were putting roads >> all through that country, and eventually wanted to >> get to the pine trees in >> the Sporting Lake area. Apparently they were stopped >> without getting that >> far. >> >> Roland. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul MacDonald" <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> >> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Canoe Route >> >> >> > Hi Roland >> > An interesting trip! >> > I've gone from 5th Lake over to Oakland and then >> over >> > to the Shelburne River and down to Keji. Requires >> > muscle power on some of the portages. You sleep >> good >> > at night however. >> > Sporting Lake Nature Reserve is very nice. Never >> > logged or burnt I was told. Lovely trees and worth >> a >> > visit should anyone have some spare time. >> > Enjoy Spring >> > Paul >> > >> > --- Roland McCormick >> > <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> > >> >> Hello Paul - >> >> Starting at the other end I have been >> across >> >> from Lake Jolly - 10 >> >> miles from Bear River - through 9-8-7-6- to 5 th >> >> lakes, and from there up >> >> sporting Lake Stream to Sporting Lake. At that >> point >> >> you are half way >> >> across. You can carry across from there to >> Oakland >> >> Lake, which drains into >> >> rivers that come across to the south shore. An >> old >> >> Indian told me that in >> >> the old days the Indians used to follow that >> route >> >> to get across to the >> >> ocean to lay in a supply of fish for the winter. >> >> >> >> Roland. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Paul MacDonald" <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> >> >> To: "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> >> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:33 AM >> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Canoe Route >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi All >> >> > Last evening I was talking with a gentleman who >> >> told >> >> > me about a cross NS canoe route and I was >> >> wondering if >> >> > any of you knew about it. Some of his details >> were >> >> > sketchy but he told a goood story. >> >> > The route started out in Stillwater on the 101 >> in >> >> Five >> >> > Mile Lake. It then went across to Big Indian >> Lake >> >> but >> >> > he seemed to have difficulty recalling the >> exact >> >> > route. Down Indian to Rafter, then Sandy hence >> to >> >> the >> >> > 103. >> >> > Looks like a fun trip! >> >> > Enjoy the ice storm >> >> > Paul >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> > Get your own web address. >> >> > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. >> >> > >> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> > It's here! Your new message! >> > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. >> > >> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ >> >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
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